Rosemary Wells continues her series of Baby Max and Ruby books with Counting Peas and Love.  With just enough texture on the page to make them engaging without being intrusive, these books are clever, sweet and funny.  In Counting Peas, Max sneezes peas all over.  He puts them in his shoe, but eventually is distracted away from his peas by strawberries!  In Love, readers see the family that surrounds and takes care of Max.  But who does he love best of all?

Another pair of great board books come from Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin and feature the beloved characters from Click, Clack, Moo.  In Click, Clack, 123, one farmer is fast asleep and so the animals get into all sorts of mischief which is counted along to.  Nicely, the numbers support the story rather than getting in the way.  In Click, Clack, ABC, the animals are heading off for some fun which isn’t revealed until the ending.  The rhyming here is well done and adds to the speed and romping style of the book.

Reviewed from copies received from publishers.